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With the one-year anniversary of his wedding to his wife, Loredana, approaching and with an infant son he wants to see grow up, Detroit Pistons center Aaron Gray decided to retire after a blood clot was discovered in his heart last summer. Gray, 30, told the Free Press last week that he was walking away from the game he started playing seriously as a ninth-grader to join Stan Van Gundy's staff as an assistant coach to work with Pistons young center Andre Drummond and prospects with the team's Development League affiliate in Grand Rapids. Gray, a 2003 Emmaus High School graduate, was upbeat in the 15-minute phone conversation and his voice revealed more excitement than...

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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What's the difference between bacterial vaginosis and a yeast infection? I've had painful itching for two weeks but have not been to see a doctor yet. Are over-the-counter medications effective in treating both?
ANSWER: Bacterial...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have double vision in my right eye and can read with glasses, but distance is not very clear. What causes double vision? Is there a procedure to correct it?
ANSWER: A number of conditions can lead to double vision. Treatment typically...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I decided to have bariatric surgery, but was told that I first need to go through counseling. What will those sessions involve, and would counseling really improve my chances of the surgery being successful?
ANSWER: Before you have...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What causes mesothelioma, and how is it different from lung cancer? Are there any treatments or ways to slow its progression?
ANSWER: Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer, with about 3,000 new cases reported each year in the United...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: At my last checkup, the doctor told me I have borderline hypothyroidism and gave me a prescription for medication to treat it. She said she'd check my thyroid again in six months. Will I have to take this medicine for the rest of my...

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